Today is the day! This post was originally going to go live in three days but I could not hold my excitement in any longer and rescheduled it to today. And I’m sure glad I did because I’m practically dancing and singing in excitement here.

Anyway. Who is this Celine, and who is this Larissa, you ask? Well, just below they have introduced themselves!

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Hey everyone!

I’m so excited to be part of YA Midnight Reads! It’s been one of my favorite blogs from the start, so this is truly amazing.

So, you probably want to know a little about me. I’m Celine, a 16 year old living in the Netherlands. Some may know it as the land of cheese, tulips and windmills, but it really is mostly rainy (also, there are a lot of bicycles. A LOT.). Things that interest me are the English language, making art (which sounds much cooler than just ‘drawing’), animals and books (shocker – I know). I’m also very passionate about food – I love both eating and preparing it!

I read mostly YA and I will read a middle grade or NA from time to time. That isn’t very often, though: YA will always be my main love. Within YA, I read almost everything, except really scary books because then I can’t sleep. Seriously, I am a huge wimp. My go-to genres are definitely contemporary and fantasy (although I love a good dystopian as well). I’m a critical reader. If a book is amazing, then I will gush endlessly over it, but if a book is –in my opinion- the worst of the worst, there will be no mercy! *evil laugh*

I think that’s about it! Thank you Mel for welcoming me to YA Midnight Reads 🙂

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.” -Sylvia Plath

The above quote really speaks to me and is a favorite of mine. I love reading books and can’t get enough. Each one is an unique adventure, told by a person who isn’t myself. They have their own voice and it allows you to in a way be somebody else, who may be totally different from yourself. There’s just so many possibilities. And that’s why I’ve loved reading ever since I was 10 and picked up the first Harry Potter book.

I’m not exactly sure what to say. Haha well guess I better start with my name, I’m Larissa. I’m Canadian. I’m 17 as of the 24th of January. I have two brothers, I’m in the middle child. I play field hockey and volleyball. I love to travel, definitely want to see as much as the world as possible. If I could travel to any time it’d be the roaring twenties. Supernatural is probably my favorite TV show. I’ve really been loving historical fiction lately. I’m an adrenaline junkie. I can spend forever on tumblr. I’m an Ben & Jerry’s addict.

Alright, I think that’s enough random information then even I’d like to read. I’m so excited to be joining this blog and can’t wait to interact with everyone. 😀

I am so excited to blog with these girls. Some of you know Celine from her own blog, The Book Shimmy. She’s been a good friend of mine for a few months now and thought it would be so fun to blog with her! I actually did not know Larissa until very recently when she sent me a crazily sweet friend request on Goodreads. Please note that she is a co-reviewer so she won’t be around as much as Celine and I. These two have already started working on posts and will officially start next week! Whoot!

And as a last note, I’d like to thank all the people who sent in an application. I did not expect so many and I took a lot of consideration into this. Also, huge thanks to everyone who RT’d about my search for a co-blogger(s) and all the people who even included it in their posts on their blogs! Love you all. <33

Melanie is one of the totally fabulous bloggers at YA Midnight Reads. She's a 16 year old student from Melbourne, Australia. She is normally found binge watching TV series, reading , blogging, procrastinating or fangirling about how Percabeth is the best ship ever. She's also a lover of caps lock and uses it excessively.

36 Responses to Welcoming Celine and Larissa to YA Midnight Reads!

“Some may know it as the land of cheese, tulips and windmills, but it really is mostly rainy (also, there are a lot of bicycles. A LOT.). ” Haha. I didn’t know about the rain, but the rest? LOL. Let’s not forget the brownies 😀 My friends have gone on a class trip there and they all talked about THE brownies 😀 I love painting. Not so much drawing, but coloring and pating? Hell yes! Also, food? 🙂 I’m studying Food Technology and Product Engineering at uni, so we’re a match made in heaven, ha. Yay for reading contemps and fantasy–two of my favorite genres 🙂 Welcomeee, Celine!!

Oh, my first ever book that I read by myself was HP1 🙂 The twenties is an amazing era, I’d probably join you on a trip there 🙂 You play field hockey? That’s awesome! I used to go dancing. 10 years of that and 8 years of swimming. I have always wanted a brother, but I wouldn’t trade my little sister for the world. Welcome, Larissa 🙂

Hey girls,
I’m so glad you’re all so excited to blog together, and I’m glad Mel is more than glad that you’re helping with YA Midnight Reads. It’s lovely to meet and know so much about you already. I hope this co-blogging thing you’ve got going on works out and I can’t wait to see how YA Midnight Reads is going to change!Amanda @ Book Badger recently posted…Review – Dark Star

First of Mel, darling these gifs at the end are hilarious!!! I love them. Now congrats on getting new girls on board! I’m sure they’ll rock the show.
Girls welcome. I’m sure you’ll enjoy here and I cannot wait to see your reviews. I’m sure I’ll see your around.
Congrats! ;)))Tanja recently posted…First Frost by Liz DeJesus

I’m glad to be apart of this amazing blog, that’s for sure! I’m definitely a Dean girl too 😉 Though I did meet Misha at last years Comic Con and he was the sweetest person everLarissa recently posted…Welcoming Celine and Larissa to YA Midnight Reads!

AWESOME MEL! I’m so happy that you managed to find not one, but TWO new AWESOME CO-BLOGGERS!! I hope you girls have plenty of fun together, and I look forward to seeing all the new content you guys come up with! 😉 Congratulations, all 3 of you!! 😀Emily recently posted…Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

Aww hi Larissa and Celine! Larissa I swear to god I already love you because I play field hockey and I LOVE Tumblr as well it’s bad! when I get home from school I’m gonna follow you on tumblr so give me a link! 😉 Nice meeting you guys!Eileen @ Singing and Reading in the Rain recently posted…Life of a Blogger (1): Celebrity Crushes

Woohoo! This is so exciting! Welcome, Celine and Larissa! You both sound fabulous and Mel is awesome (but I think you already caught on to this), so this partnership is obviously going to be nothing short of amazing. Ha, Mel, you’re really surrounding yourself with Dutch-speaking co-bloggers these days, aren’t you? This is sort of like talking to extended family 😀 Okay, this just turned creepy. Still exciting!Ellis recently posted…Review – Secret

Welcome Celine and Larissa! It’s great to learn a little about you, and I’m excited to see your first posts. I love that you all are from various countries around the world too…very exciting!!ShootingStarsMag recently posted…Review: Tenth of December by George Saunders

Congrats you three! So excited you found the perfect fits for your co-bloggers and hope that the experience is wonderful…and you all get more time! Can’t wait to read both of your reviews!Kristen@My Friends Are Fiction recently posted…Veronica Rossi’s Into The Still Blue Cover in Blocks

I’m so glad that you found some to help you out! I look forward to seeing what they have to say about books and stuff. 🙂

And Celine, my husband and I really want to move to The Netherlands! We’ve done tons of research and think it’s the perfect place for us. Unfortunately we don’t have jobs there, so it won’t be happening any time soon. One day maybe!Candace recently posted…Young Adult Review: The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher

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Melanie is a 16 year old student from Melbourne, Australia. She's known as that crazy melodramatic fangirl to her friends and loves spending her time procrastinating, fangirling over Percabeth, wasting her life away on Twitter and reading (duh). Addictions include gummy bears, ice-cream, coffee and binge-watching TV shows. Friends, New Girl, The 100, HTGAWM and Sherlock are her true loves.

Celine is 18 years old and from the Netherlands. She's been a reader for as long as she can remember, and she believes she will be one forever. Though books will forever remain her number one, she also loves food, singing like no one's listening (even though they probably are), dancing like no one's watching (in her dance class, AKA where people are definitely watching) and doodling on every place that can and can't be doodled on.